Word: localize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Communists denounced Father Molnar. In Mikofalva's only school, now run by the government, the teachers have not removed the crucifixes from the walls. Said the secretary of the local Communist Party: "I would rather resign or face a purge than remove the image of the first Communist, Jesus Christ...
Many of Mikofalva's peasants were bewildered. Janos Kelemen, the local president of the Communist-run Peasant Party, to whom Hungary's postwar land reform had given two holds (2.84 acres) in addition to the three he had owned before, said humbly: "I am a stupid peasant. How should I know whether Mindszenty is guilty or not? They tell me in one paper one way, and then comes my friend and tells me these are just lies...
Then Father Molnar took the visiting American to the house of a local Communist, a Kovacs, who has read the pages of history in the way the priest considered correct. As they entered, Comrade Molnar offered the greeting: "Laudatur Jesus Christus" (Praised be Jesus Christ...
Most newsmen thought that distant hypothetical danger far less than the nearer hint of censorship in Headline Harry Toy's action. Snapped a Detroit Free Press reporter: "It's one of the most ridiculous attempts at censorship that I've ever seen a sawed-off local official pull...
Sharks & Whales. Since 1946, Rock Bros, has poured $7,000,000 into Nelson's International Basic Economy Corp., which starts new Latin American businesses in partnership with local capital. Another $5,000,000 has gone into such varied enterprises...